# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa responded to parliamentary questions from EFF MP Mandla Shikwambana, enquiring about overtime expenditure for Eskom employees. Its financial report reveals over 10-million-rand in board fees and three-billion-rand in overtime were paid out. Ramokgopa said the amounts paid included fees for both board meetings and subcommittee meetings. Energy expert […]
# The Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has reassured South Africans that red meat in the country is safe to consume, after foot-and-mouth disease has spread to the North West province. A second batch of vaccines have since been ordered from the Botswana Vaccine Institute, after the first order arrived earlier this week. Steenhuisen has reassured […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued a severe weather alert and says the country will see widespread cold to cool conditions across most provinces, with fine to partly cloudy skies in the interior. Communities in coastal regions are urged to exercise caution and avoid unnecessary travel near the shorelines. As the country settles […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for global peace efforts to calm the escalating tension between Israel and Iran. Israel and Iran continue to exchange missile and drone attacks, injuring and killing scores of people on each side. The president called for immediate action through dialogue to end the conflict. He said the conflict is devastating […]
# Gauteng police arrested three suspects for drug trafficking at OR Tambo International Airport in just one week. A Nigerian national was arrested on arrival from São Paulo, Brazil, en route to Nigeria. Police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk, says he had ingested more than 70 cocaine-filled bullets. She says a Brazilian was intercepted after landing […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has secured a preservation order from the Special Tribunal to freeze immovable property in Limpopo linked to its investigation into the National Lotteries Commission. The freezing of portion 15 of Zandrivierspoort farm is part of the probe into the misappropriation of funds intended for the construction of old-age homes. The […]
# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has assured South Africans that the current Covid-19 variant, circulating in several countries, is no cause for concern. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is closely monitoring the Nimbus or NB.1.8.1 Covid-19 variant. Infections have been confirmed in several Asian countries, including Thailand, Indonesia and China. In addition, the UK recorded […]
